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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
19198Path Map of Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Maps
  • 1896
Description:
Path map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island 1896. Apears to be a copy that was glued to cheesecloth.
12247Maine Map
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Maps
  • Other, Tourism
  • ca. 1955
Description:
Maine Map tourist map showing points of interest. Published by “New England Map Co.” The map folds out from inside a blue cover. Price: 50 cents. 1950s-1960s.
18602MDI Geological History : Part II
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, Glaciers
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 1967
Description:
Article by LaRue on MDI Geological History: Part II Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.029.3
18601Geology History: Part III Grinding Ice Sheet Molds MDI Geography
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, Glaciers
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 1967
Description:
Grinding ice sheet molds MDI geography. The articles deal with the geologic processes which formed Mt. Desert Island, the granite intrusions of the Island, and the claciation periods which shaped the geography of Mt. Desert Island. A portion of Part I of the series appears to be missing. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.029.3
7966Sign made from tree limbs
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Geography
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Sign made out of tree limbs (shaped like the symbol for pi). “Oak Hill” mounted between limbs.
10883Oak Hill Tree Limb Sign by LaRue Spiker
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Geography
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Sign made out of tree limbs (shaped like the symbol for pi). “Oak Hill” mounted between limbs.
17315A Glance at the Nations.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Russell
  • Odiorne, and Metcalf, 18
14608Copy of General Development Plan for the Master Plan of Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Maps
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • 1951
Description:
Copy of map of General Development Plan, a part of the master plan of Acadia National Park. Region 1, Drawing No. NP-ACA 2083. Attached is a memo to Mr. Edwin R. Smith from Frank R. Givens dated 11/8/54 explaining this map shows the proposed Park Road from Thompson Island to Hulls Cove where it joins the Paradise Hill Road. The Eno tract is shown. Size: 20in x 30 9n
14309Copy of Path and Road Map for the Western Part of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Maps
  • 1/1/1941
Description:
A copy of map named Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Orignally compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. Revised and published by William Jay Turner. 1941.Shows Main Trails Graded, Other Trails, Old Woods Road, and the Carriage Roads.
14308Section of blue print showing Pretty Marsh on MDI. Handwritten notes related to plot sales.
  • Map
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Pretty Marsh
  • n.d.
Description:
Section of a blue print showing Pretty Marsh on MDI. Handwritten notes related to plot sales. Marked "Property Map Town of Mount Desert Hancock County Main prepared by James W. Sewall." Shows several plots on Indian Point Road and has handwritten numbers and the names Stephen Dexter Smith to Ansel L. Manchester and Richard Smith to Stephen Dexter Smith 1871. Scale: 1 inch=500 feet
14307Plan showing property of John D. Rockefeller at Mt. Desert, Maine
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Maps
  • 4/1/1958
Description:
A mylar plot map marked Plan showing property of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Et. Als. at Mt. Desert, Maine. April 1958. Maurice H. Burr - Engineering, Northeast Harbor, Maine. The plot map shows property plots with acreage and names (ex. Arnold Allen to John D. Rockefeller Jr, 48.8 acres). Other names include Laura Snell Johnson, Lewis F. Smallidge, George W. Gray, M.T. Ober, Alice Joseph, Harold O. & Josephine W. Doe, Stanley J. & Florence Smart, Willie & Ursula Apel, Allen Carter, Geo F. Rummil, Smart, Liselotte Kaskel. [show more]
14306Map part of Master Plan for Acadia National Park Western Half of the Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Maps
  • 1937
Description:
A 1937 map signed by George B. Dorr titled U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service. R.D.P - Acadia Extension on the Western Half of the Island. Part of the Master Plan for Acadia National Park. Drawing number NP-ACA 1109-4. Shows Bartlett Island, Somes Pond, Oak Hill, Round Pound, Squid Cove, Rum Island, Hall Quarry, Indian Point, Goose Marsh Harbor, Pretty Marsh, Echo Lake, Seal Cove, West Tremont, Kelly Town, Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and more. Cream paper with brown ink . This appears to be a contemporary ( 1937 ca.) sepia reproduction/ print. ( this note added in 2011 by Vasisko) [show more]
142431887 Colby & Stuart map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Map making
  • Other, Roads
  • Colby & Stuart
  • Colby & Stuart
  • 1887
Description:
Framed 1887 Colby & Stuart map of Mount Desert Island on linen. Frame: 32 3/8 " x 39 1/2 " .
14135The Introduction to Ancient and Modern Geography:
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Cummings, J.A.
  • Cummings and Hilliard
  • 1820.
14136The Malte-Brun School Geography.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Goodrich, S. Griswold
  • F.J. Huntington
  • 1836.
14103Copy of Path and Road Map for the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island 1941
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Maps
  • 1/1/1941
Description:
A copy of a map of the Path and Road for the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Originally compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. Revised and published by William Jay Turner in 1941. Shows Main Trails Graded, Other Trails, Old Woods Road, and the Carrriage Roads.
14074Butler’s Complete Geography.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Geography
  • Redway, Jacques W.
  • E.H. Butler and Co.
  • 1887.
Description:
geography text book general no local relevance
13983Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1917.
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Maps
  • 1917
Description:
Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1917. Compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand, and Herbert Jaques. Includes roads, carriage roads, hiking trails, springs, and relief lines.
13965Map of Mount Desert Island copyright 1887
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Maps
  • 1/1/1887
Description:
Sepia copy/print of a large map marked "Map of Mount Desert Island. Sorrento. Portions of Lamoine, Hancock, Frenchmans Bay and Adjacent Islands. Maine." Compiled and Drawn from Official Plans and actual Surveys. Published by Colby & Stuart. Copyright 1887. Size: 30.5 x 40.5 inches.
13881Copy of West Point Park, Mount Desert, 1888
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, Maps
  • 1888
Description:
Print of plan of house lots and streets on the estate of Ephraim W. Freeman at West Point Park, Mount Desert, Maine, 1888. Drawn by James E. Stone, Civil Engineer, Boston, Mass. Shows: West Point Avenue, Mt. Desert Avenue, Freeman Street, Forest Park Avenue, Liber Street, Glenn Street, Dale Street, Eden Street; indicates Blue Hill Bay. Even though it is a print, the print may be from the early 1900s. Scale: 1 inch=80 feet There are two (2) copies of this map. [show more]
13874A System of Modern Geography designed for the use of schools and academies...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Textbook
  • Mitchell, S. Augustus
  • J.H. Butler & Co.
  • 1875
Description:
Old geography textbook
13816Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Fitch, George W.
  • Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co.
  • 1866
Description:
Contains definitions, sections on races and occupations, North America, British Provinces, northern states, southern states, West Indies,Territories, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceanica, Western Europe. Inscribed in front: Charles E Somes, Nov. 14th 1867; other doodles and drawings; married Minnie A (?) Grindle, both of Mt Desert Maine..."both pretty good looking chaps" Name Hamor written on pages in back; also Dellmy. Smith, Dency (?) somes. On exhibit in Somesville, summer 2012. [show more]
13755America - Her Grandeur and Her Beauty
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Geography
Description:
America - Her Grandeur and Her Beauty. “Coast of Maine”. Part eight of a series “presenting the beauty and grandeur of nature in America to the veiw of man.” Published by “Union Book and Publishing Company Publishers”. Sold by subscription only. Black and white photographs; 12" x 14"
12913Glimpses of Three Coasts.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, California
  • Other, England
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Miss Mary Somes signature
  • Other, Norway,Denmark, Germany
  • Other, Oregon
  • Other, Scotland
  • Jackson, Helen
  • Roberts Brothers
  • 1886.
Description:
Miss Mary Somes's signature is on front page and date. Book is about other coasts, not Maine. From the Somes House.
12580The Old Maps of Hancock County, Maine in 1881.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Maps
  • Saco Valley Printing Originally by S. F. Colby and Son in 1881.
  • 1990
Description:
Shows old roads, houses with family names; gives detailed maps of villages and neighborhoods; 92 old maps are reproduced.